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steve in illinois, democratic caller. here is debtclock.org, showing that we have reached the ceiling, but we will run out of money in mid february or march. go ahead. caller: yes, i believe in a few things the previous caller said, about giving away free phones. i think people get food stamps plus go to food pantries and get food and they have plenty of food. i have seen them sell their food stamps. there is a lot of waste and fraud and abuse in the lower portion. if you want to take a look and see the waste, fraud, and abuse in the military spending and so forth, it is on both sides of the poincoin. we have to take a look at both sides. today our soldiers are coming home in this wasteful war. they are killing themselves faster than they are killing themselves in afghanistan. host: that is a headline this morning, steve, in the papers. caller: we need to get these veterans some help, too, so they stop killing themselves. it is -- you are drawing matchsticks to see which ones have the shortest ones. we do have to cut out
steve in illinois, democratic caller. here is debtclock.org, showing that we have reached the ceiling, but we will run out of money in mid february or march. go ahead. caller: yes, i believe in a few things the previous caller said, about giving away free phones. i think people get food stamps plus go to food pantries and get food and they have plenty of food. i have seen them sell their food stamps. there is a lot of waste and fraud and abuse in the lower portion. if you want to take a look...
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next is steve joining us from new jersey, democrats line. good morning to you, steve. caller: good morning. host: you are on the air, go ahead. caller: i'm on. i would like to see the government start a company called the u.s. oil company in which oils are designated by old time gee olings and then people can decide if they want to invest in these oil wells. if they do decide and the oil is discovered, they get their money back plus let's say an amount equal to what they invested. and then this oil is owned by the u.s. government who refines the oil and then it's sold. 60% of what they make is used to pay down the national debt, 20% is used to help with schools and poor people and the last 20% is used to develop renewable energy sources. host: thanks for the call from new jersey. we reflect on the words of dwight eisenhower in his fair well address. the question we are asking the role in government in solving america's problems. his farewell address on january 17, 1961 included advice to the country saying the government cannot solve all of the nation's problems. he al
next is steve joining us from new jersey, democrats line. good morning to you, steve. caller: good morning. host: you are on the air, go ahead. caller: i'm on. i would like to see the government start a company called the u.s. oil company in which oils are designated by old time gee olings and then people can decide if they want to invest in these oil wells. if they do decide and the oil is discovered, they get their money back plus let's say an amount equal to what they invested. and then this...
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jeb hencer ling of texas and steve of louisiana and jordan of ohio and ryan. so it remains to be seen whether that will be kind of a center of power going forward. host: as far as those five signing on to this deal, what's been talking about the members, especially on the republican side and -- will all of them go along with this? >> it's going to be tough for them, because they have to get 218 votes. the democrats have already signaled they are not going to provide any votes for this on their side of the aisle. i would say that would be so difficult for them to do when you have, you know, the last four chairman of the republicans senate committee saying they are onboard with this, it doesn't give, i mean, it seems it would be difficult for so. more ranking file members to say this is not good enough. i mean, it seems the right ones were onboard with this in a pretty significant way. >> i guess the timetables of this, where do we see next week and where do we go from there? >> what we're going to see is a vote in the house. they are planning to do a vote in th
jeb hencer ling of texas and steve of louisiana and jordan of ohio and ryan. so it remains to be seen whether that will be kind of a center of power going forward. host: as far as those five signing on to this deal, what's been talking about the members, especially on the republican side and -- will all of them go along with this? >> it's going to be tough for them, because they have to get 218 votes. the democrats have already signaled they are not going to provide any votes for this on...
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host: on the republican line, steve is joining us from virginia, good morning. caller: is important to look at what has been accomplished in the first four years. the values the -- the value of united states dollar has been reduced by 50% and the value of gold has gone up. everybody on welfare has half as much money to use and all the contributors have golden safety deposit boxes. the rich got richer, and the poor have gotten poorer, let's hope the second term as a little bit more appropriate. host: thanks for the call. from "the national journal "-- the richard nixon inaugurals parade a pesticide to get rid of pigeons. calvin coolidge was sworn in by his own father and ulysses s. grant wanted canaries at his ball. planners did not plan for and there were called temperatures, 100 birds for to doubt that day. that is according to "the national journal." back to your calls -- cincinnati, ohio, democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning, i am one of her biggest fans. this president is so scrutinized. he has done the best that he could to bring the country b
host: on the republican line, steve is joining us from virginia, good morning. caller: is important to look at what has been accomplished in the first four years. the values the -- the value of united states dollar has been reduced by 50% and the value of gold has gone up. everybody on welfare has half as much money to use and all the contributors have golden safety deposit boxes. the rich got richer, and the poor have gotten poorer, let's hope the second term as a little bit more appropriate....
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steve in georgia, a gun owner. what are your thoughts? caller: good morning. one of the things i would like to see the president talk about is, under the first amendment, and that is hollywood. , in i grew up in the 1950's used to what the lone ranger and gene autry and all the westerns. i grew up playing with guns. but the problem was the movies back then and the tv shows did not have the violent graphics that you have nowadays. if a bad guy got short, he fell off a horse. you did not see any blood and gore. it was always the good guy winning. nowadays with the graphics and all the way that they're going about it, they have just blood and gore and brains shooting all over. that along with the video games is adding to the culture of the younger people nowadays. host: on twitter -- i want to show you an ad that was put out by the mayor's against illegal guns, a group set up by new york mayor michael bloomberg. over 800 mayors have signed on. [video clip] >> my son. >> my daughter. >> was murdered with a gun. >> it can happen to your child. >> a line has been cr
steve in georgia, a gun owner. what are your thoughts? caller: good morning. one of the things i would like to see the president talk about is, under the first amendment, and that is hollywood. , in i grew up in the 1950's used to what the lone ranger and gene autry and all the westerns. i grew up playing with guns. but the problem was the movies back then and the tv shows did not have the violent graphics that you have nowadays. if a bad guy got short, he fell off a horse. you did not see any...
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host: steve says -- danielle is up next in illinois, democrat. -- daniel. caller: good morning. house republicans are talking about cutting out money and holding up salaries and spending and crying but the country is broke. we know that we live in one of the richest nations on earth. and our president obama knows that wealth is a result of the common wealth. i hope the republicans don't think the democrats are playing checkers with them. if the republicans don't wake up and listen to the will of the people, at least by 2016 it will be checkmate. they will lose everything. host: on facebook -- david in florida, republican. caller: thanks for taking my call. the president and both houses should now be setting an example of good housekeeping. no same family spends more than they earn. everyone i know says the government is out of control. thank you. his advice to the republicans as they face president obama's second term. we will hear from republican later this morning, a member of the house of representatives from nebraska, congressman terry, and a little while. first, congressman
host: steve says -- danielle is up next in illinois, democrat. -- daniel. caller: good morning. house republicans are talking about cutting out money and holding up salaries and spending and crying but the country is broke. we know that we live in one of the richest nations on earth. and our president obama knows that wealth is a result of the common wealth. i hope the republicans don't think the democrats are playing checkers with them. if the republicans don't wake up and listen to the will...